The Dreaded Dracula Fish
Posted by Sean on April 12th, 2009
A new species of freshwater fish has been discovered in the streams of Myanmar, and it’s kind of freaky looking. What makes the fishy counterpart of Nosferatu so unusual is that the characteristic fangs are not actually fangs at all, but fake fangs developed as an extension of the jaw. According to Live Science:
The newly discovered minnow species called the dracula fish apparently spent 30 million years redeveloping superficial fangs after losing its vampire-looking teeth earlier in its evolution.
Whether the fangs are fake or not they still look like they could put a couple of puncture marks in your neck, if the fish wasn’t a tiny minnow.
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April 12th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Nature frightens me.
April 13th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Creepy!
May 6th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
wow, amazing fish. i would like to have one in my aquarium.
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May 7th, 2009 at 4:27 am
wow, amazing fish. i would like to have one in my aquarium.
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